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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone hated or competed against |
| Synonyms: | adversary, agent, antagonist, archenemy, asperser, assailant, assassin, attacker, backbiter, bad person, bandit, betrayer, calumniator, competitor, contender, criminal, defamer, defiler, detractor, disputant, emulator, falsifier, fifth column, foe, guerrilla, informer, inquisitor, invader, murderer, opponent, opposition, other side, prosecutor, rebel, revolutionary, rival, saboteur, seditionist, slanderer, spy, terrorist, traducer, traitor, vilifier, villain |
| Antonyms: | aide, ally, assistant, confidante, friend, helper |
| Concept: | Enemy. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
enemy; antagonist; foe, foeman; open enemy, bitter enemy; opponent; back friend. public enemy, enemy to society.
-phrases
every hand being against one; "he makes no friend who never made a foe" [Tennyson].
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| Antonyms: | friend |
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